Recreational programming
This is a quick gamesketch for a snake-like game, designed to be mostly unbeatable in the oldskool gaming sense (think pong or pacman). I’m sure there are many games like this out there, but this one is mine. Although, somewhat hurriedly hacked together
It was written with Processing(Java), and is based on a 2D array, where numerical values run the game. All values start at zero (except difficulty modifiers/ prefilled blocks), and the snake travels around, upping the value by 1 for each turn:
if((gameGridArr[i][j] == 2) || (gameGridArr[i][j] == 7)){ //dead
}else if(gameGridArr[i][j] == 1){ //snake
}else if(gameGridArr[i][j] > 2){ //prefilled blocks (difficulty)
To make the Processing-sketch available in this post, without rewriting it all as javascript, I’ve used Processing.js, which runs the code through <canvas>.
To be honest, I have not played it past level 4 or five, and the array goes up to 50, giving about fourtyfive levels of fun. I’d guess that the difficulty system, and the scaling of the grid makes it unplayable beyond level 15-20. But please, prove me wrong.
Use W,A,S,D keys to play
The goal is to fill whole map
Might not run on Opera-browsers, due to problems with catching key presses.
Sourcecode:
// Snak-like puzzle game version 2
// www.oostring.com
//imports
PFont helvBig;
PFont helvSmall;
//global variables
int boardSizeX = 755;
int boardSizeY = 755;
int [] [] gameGridArr = new int [50] [50];
int boardXsquares = 4;
int boardYsquares = 4;
int clockCounter = 0;
int clockSpeed = 8;
int blocksize;
boolean startup = true;
boolean running = false;
boolean halted = false;
boolean paused = false;
boolean win = false;
boolean dead = false;
boolean noPause = false;
boolean endGame = false;
int pauseNumber = 5;
int counterX = 0;
int counterY = 0;
int direction = 0;
int score = 0;
int highScore = 0;
int blockerX = 0;
int blockerY = 0;
int difficulty = 0;
int progress = 0;
void setup() { //setup
size(boardSizeX, boardSizeY, JAVA2D);
frameRate(24);
background(150);
helvBig = loadFont("Helvetica-Bold-48.vlw");
helvSmall = loadFont("Helvetica-22.vlw");
blocksize = boardSizeX/ boardXsquares;
resetBoard();
drawBoard();
loadingScreen();
}
void draw() { //draw, main loop
if(running){
runGame();
}else{
loadingScreen();
}
}
void drawBoard(){ // draw permanent graphics
background(150);
stroke(80);
noFill();
for(int i = 1; i < boardXsquares; i++){
line((boardSizeX/boardXsquares)*i, 0, (boardSizeX/boardXsquares)*i, height);
for(int j = 1; j < boardYsquares; j++){
line(0, (boardSizeY/boardYsquares)*i, width, (boardSizeY/boardYsquares)*i);
}
}
if(noPause){
fill(255);
textFont(helvSmall, 22);
//textSize(22);
text("YOU HAVE NO PAUSES LEFT" , 22, boardSizeY-22);
}
}
void loadingScreen(){ //textboxes
noStroke();
fill(150, 150, 150, 20);
rect(0, 0, width, height);
drawGame();
fill(80, 80, 80, 210);
rect(boardSizeX/5, boardSizeY/3, boardSizeX - (boardSizeX/5)*2, boardSizeY - (boardSizeY/3)*2);
if(startup){
fill(255);
textFont(helvBig, 48);
//textSize(48);
text("SNAKE", boardSizeX/5 + 20, boardSizeY/3 + 50);
textFont(helvSmall, 22);
//textSize(22);
text("(W, A, S, D) KEY TO CONTINUE: " , boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 75);
halted = true;
}else if(paused){
fill(255);
textFont(helvBig, 48);
//textSize(48);
text("GAME PAUSED", boardSizeX/5 + 20, boardSizeY/3 + 50);
textFont(helvSmall, 22);
//textSize(22);
text("YOU HAVE " + pauseNumber + " PAUSES LEFT" , boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 75);
text("YOUR SCORE SO FAR: " + score, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 100);
halted = true;
}else if(win){
fill(255);
textFont(helvBig, 48);
//textSize(48);
text("CLEARED", boardSizeX/5 + 20, boardSizeY/3 + 50);
textFont(helvSmall, 22);
//textSize(22);
text("LEVEL " + difficulty, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 75);
text("YOUR SCORE SO FAR: " + score, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 100);
halted = true;
}else if(dead){
fill(255);
textFont(helvBig, 48);
//textSize(48);
text("DEAD", boardSizeX/5 + 20, boardSizeY/3 + 50);
textFont(helvSmall, 22);
//textSize(22);
text("TOTAL SCORE: " + score, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 75);
text("PERSONAL BEST: " + highScore, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 100);
halted = true;
}else if(endGame){
fill(255);
textFont(helvBig, 48);
//textSize(48);
text("YOU FINISHED", boardSizeX/5 + 20, boardSizeY/3 + 50);
textFont(helvSmall, 22);
//textSize(22);
text("TOTAL SCORE: " + score, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 75);
text("PERSONAL BEST: " + highScore, boardSizeX/5 + 22, boardSizeY/3 + 100);
}
}
void keyPressed(){ //keypress actions
if(halted == true){
if ((key == 'w') || (key == 'a') || (key == 's') || (key == 'd')){
halted = false;
paused = false;
running = true;
startup = false;
if(win == true){
win = false;
}else if (dead == true){
dead = false;
score = 0;
}
}
}else if((key=='p') && (pauseNumber > 0) && (paused != true)){
paused = true;
halted = true;
running = false;
pauseNumber --;
}else if((key=='p') && (pauseNumber < 1)){
noPause = true;
}
}
void runGame(){ //running the game, record actions, update state of game
if (keyPressed) {
//if (key == CODED) {
if (key == 's') {
direction = 1;
}
else if (key == 'w') {
direction = 2;
}
else if (key == 'd') {
direction = 3;
}
else if (key == 'a') {
direction = 4;
}
// }
}
clockCounter ++;
if (clockCounter == clockSpeed){
//record player input
if ((direction == 1) && (counterY + 1 < boardYsquares)){
counterY += 1;
}else if ((direction ==2) && (counterY - 1 >= 0)){
counterY -= 1;
}else if ((direction ==3) && (counterX + 1 < boardXsquares)){
counterX += 1;
}else if ((direction ==4) && (counterX - 1 >= 0)){
counterX -= 1;
}
//check current game status
score += 1;
for(int i = 0; i < boardXsquares; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < boardYsquares; j++){
if((gameGridArr[i][j] == 2) || (gameGridArr[i][j] == 7)){
dead = true;
running = false;
resetBoard();
gameGridArr[counterX][counterY] -= 1;
if(score > highScore){
highScore = score;
}
}
if((gameGridArr[i][j] == 1) || (gameGridArr[i][j] == 6)){
progress ++;
if( progress == boardXsquares * boardYsquares){
progress = 0;
win = true;
running = false;
difficulty ++;
boardXsquares++;
boardYsquares++;
blocksize = boardSizeX/ boardXsquares;
resetBoard();
gameGridArr[counterX][counterY] -= 1;
if(score > highScore){
highScore = score;
}
}
}
}
}
gameGridArr[counterX][counterY] += 1;
drawGame();
clockCounter = 0;
progress = 0;
}
}
void drawGame(){ //draw snake
drawBoard();
for(int i = 0; i < boardXsquares; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < boardYsquares; j++){
if((gameGridArr[i][j] == 2) || (gameGridArr[i][j] == 7)){ //dead
noStroke();
fill(150,40,40);
}else if(gameGridArr[i][j] == 1){ //snake
noStroke();
fill(40);
}else if(gameGridArr[i][j] > 2){ //blokers
noStroke();
fill(0);
}
rect(i*blocksize,j*blocksize, blocksize,blocksize);
stroke(130);
fill(150);
ellipse((counterX*blocksize) +blocksize/2, (counterY*blocksize) + blocksize/2, blocksize/3, blocksize/3);
}
}
}
void resetBoard(){ //reset game array and counters
clockCounter = 0;
progress = 0;
//reset gameboard
for(int i = 0; i < boardXsquares; i++){
for(int j = 0; j < boardYsquares; j++){
gameGridArr[i][j] = 0;
}
}
//adjust diifficulty
blockerX = int(random( 0 ,boardXsquares));
blockerY = int(random( 0, boardYsquares));
for (int i = 1; i < difficulty; i += 2 ){
blockerX = int(random( 0 ,boardXsquares));
blockerY = int(random( 0, boardYsquares));
gameGridArr[blockerX][blockerY] = 6;
}
counterX = int(random((boardXsquares/4),boardXsquares-(boardXsquares/4)));
counterY = int(random((boardYsquares/4),boardYsquares-(boardYsquares/4)));
gameGridArr[counterX][counterY] = 1;
if(boardXsquares > 49){
running = false;
endGame = true;
}
}